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Fix PY2 regression in connect() error handling. - #150
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This autoformatting PR actually changed the behavior of the error handling: https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/pull/105/files#diff-c6669c781a2dee1b2d2671cab4e21c66L985 "raise socket.err, msg" is not the same as "raise socket.error(msg)" in the case where msg is an exception. For instance consider: msg = socket.timeout("foo") raise socket.error, msg # => socket.timeout: foo raise socket.error(msg) # => socket.error: foo This has the effect of potentially changing the type of the error raised by connect(). Interestingly the PY3 copy of the code doesn't have this problem (probably cause it doesn't have msg at all; not sure if it's actually needed but I figured might as well keep it for PY2 in case it is). The change I propose here will restore the original behavior prior to the autoformat change, and will ensure that both the PY2 and PY3 copies of the code raise the same error type in the event of e.g. a socket.timeout.
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some admittedly hacky reproduction instructions (just monkey-patching socket.connect to raise a timeout error): This will raise socket.timeout in Python 3 and in older versions of httplib2 (prior to aa1b95b), but a ResponseNotReady error in Python 2 with the latest httplib2. |
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even better, thanks!
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Thanks, it's clear now. |
Moved msg inline for clarity as well.
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Cool - I moved msg inline for clarity, and also applied an identical change to connect() in HTTPSConnectionWithTimeout since I forgot to include that originally. Let me know if anything else is needed. |
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Thank you. |
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0.15.0 python2: regression in connect() error handling httplib2/httplib2#150 add support for password protected certificate files httplib2/httplib2#143 feature: Http.close() to clean persistent connections and sensitive data httplib2/httplib2#149
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0.15.0 python2: regression in connect() error handling httplib2/httplib2#150 add support for password protected certificate files httplib2/httplib2#143 feature: Http.close() to clean persistent connections and sensitive data httplib2/httplib2#149
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This autoformatting PR actually changed the behavior of the error handling:
https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/pull/105/files#diff-c6669c781a2dee1b2d2671cab4e21c66L985
"raise socket.err, msg" is not the same as "raise socket.error(msg)" in the case where msg is an exception. For instance consider:
msg = socket.timeout("foo")
raise socket.error, msg # => socket.timeout: foo
raise socket.error(msg) # => socket.error: foo
This has the effect of potentially changing the type of the error raised by connect(). Interestingly the PY3 copy of the code doesn't have this problem (probably cause it doesn't have msg at all; not sure if it's actually needed but I figured might as well keep it for PY2 in case it is).
The change I propose here will restore the original behavior prior to the autoformat change, and will ensure that both the PY2 and PY3 copies of the code raise the same error type in the event of e.g. a socket.timeout.